The finding is an especially rough ending to a redistricting saga in which Hoskins repeatedly tried to preserve Missouri Republicans’ 2025 congressional gerrymander — only to be rebuked by the state…

On Tuesday, the 8th Circuit again ruled for Missouri Republicans who want to use new, gerrymandered congressional districts in the November election.

On Tuesday, the 8th Circuit again ruled for Missouri Republicans who want to use new, gerrymandered congressional districts in the November election.

Their argument has echoes of the dangerous independent state legislature theory, which would give state lawmakers nearly total power over election rules, and which the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected ...

A federal judge has ended nearly 14 years of oversight of North Carolina’s program to help people with serious mental illness move out of adult care homes.

In Missouri this week, Republicans tried to undermine the rule of law to do President Donald Trump’s bidding and get one more congressional seat for their party. But that was too far, even for the ant...

A state study says the Wake County District Attorney’s Office has 45 prosecutors, but needs 70 to effectively handle caseloads.

Though the U.S. Supreme Court left in place this week a Missouri Supreme Court decision blocking use of the state’s new congressional map in the coming midterm elections, separate federal litigation i...

“In accordance with that order, my Office is directing local election authorities to use the 2022 congressional map.”

An excerpt from a new book on NC Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls examines her rise in civil rights law.

More than 95% of cases in this country are handled by state courts. And as the U.S. Supreme Court pushes fundamental questions about our freedoms back to the states, state courts and state constitutio...

More than 95% of cases in this country are handled by state courts. And as the U.S. Supreme Court pushes fundamental questions about our freedoms back to the states, state courts and state constitutio...

Low corporate taxes are sold as the price of competitiveness. The evidence shows otherwise and points toward stronger corporate taxes and international cooperation.

The NC Board of Elections meets Wednesday to discuss making changes in how absentee ballots are handled, despite a delay in new formal voting rules.

The ruling cements Chemours' guilt for invading private property and poisoning the local drinking water across New Hanover, Bladen, Brunswick, Cumberland, and Pender counties.

Arguments in the state Court of Appeals Wednesday were the latest chapter in a six-year legal saga over whether government officials mistreated people protesting pandemic-era emergency orders.

The AI industry gleefully sold its products as harmful to the interests of ordinary people. Thankfully, ordinary people decided that there would be consequences for that.

A Texas appeals court cut a $50 million judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones to $1.5 million. A much larger $1.4 billion judgment in Connecticut still stands.

The meeting comes after controversy over former GOP director Dallas Woodhouse’s attempts to influence early voting plans.

Anita Earls and Sarah Stevens compete for voters' attention and make case for why people should back them in race for NC Supreme Court seat.

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From adding a citizenship question to not tracking race and ethnicity, the administration wants to minimize Black and brown political power.

Behind closed doors and away from public meetings, county election officials across North Carolina were reportedly being pressured to cut early voting hours and sites.

Governor Josh Stein says he’ll veto House Bill 377 on Monday, saying it would have a “chilling effect” on judicial independence in North Carolina.

Join voting rights advocates and impacted community and campus voters on August 20, to show support for good early voting options as the State Board of Elections meets to decide the fate of Fall 2026 ...

“The details matter here, and Duke got it wrong under oath,” Jackson said in a statement on Thursday.

Republicans in North Carolina have passed a bill that gives the GOP majority on the state Supreme Court the power to remove judges they don’t like. The

Republicans in North Carolina have passed a bill that gives the GOP majority on the state Supreme Court the power to remove judges they don’t like. The

Thursday marked the anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a landmark law prohibiting discrimination in voting based on race, color, or language-minority status.

NC Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby would be allowed to suspend other judges without pay, even without any finding of wrongdoing, under a new bill that’s now up to Gov. Josh Stein to act on.